Swindon And The Gwr

Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : History Press (SC)
ISBN 13 : 9780752439099
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.9X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Trip written by Rosa Matheson and published by History Press (SC). This book was released on 2006-06 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Trip', if you happened to be a Swindonian and one that worked 'inside' the Great Western Railway's Swindon Works, was the event of the year. When, in 1848, a party of some 500 made up of men from the Mechanics Institution and their families took the company's gratis train to Oxford, they set a tradition that lasted for over 120 years. Trip enabled the 'trippers' to travel initially all over the GWR system, then up and down the country and, in later times, even across the Channel to Europe. It was a masterpiece of management and in its heyday numbers up to 26,000 would leave Swindon in a matter of hours. Over the years Trip became part of the fabric of life for Swindon Works' railway families and they invested it with their individual rituals and traditions. It was talked about with hushed breath and hopeful longing for many months before the event and is now remembered long years after with great fondness. This book provides an evocative record of Trip for those who remember the excursions and for anyone interested in the history of Swindon and the administrative prowess of the GWR. Archive photographs and postcards offer a fascinating glimpse of Swindon Works and the families on holiday at an array of Trip destinations.

Author : Jeremy Clements
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780860936664
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.6X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The GWR Exposed written by Jeremy Clements and published by . This book was released on 2015-02-12 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an expose of the role of two leading locomotive engineers - Collett and Hawksworth - who were responsible for GWR engine building policy following Churchward's legacy, revealing a series of mistakes and missed opportunities in the years leading up to nationalisation.

Author : Felicity Ball
Publisher : Tempus Pub Limited
ISBN 13 : 9780752428017
Total Pages : 128 pages
Book Rating : 4.12/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon & the GWR written by Felicity Ball and published by Tempus Pub Limited. This book was released on 2003 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A history of Swindon and the GWR

Author : David Maidment
Publisher : Locomotive Portfolios
ISBN 13 : 9781526752055
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Western, 0-6-2 Tank Classes written by David Maidment and published by Locomotive Portfolios. This book was released on 2020-10-19 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After tackling the GW pannier tanks in his 'Locomotive Portfolios' for Pen & Sword, author David Maidment seeks out descriptions and photographs of the GW 0-6-2 tank engines, the majority of which were built by the Rhymney, Taff Vale, Barry and other Welsh railways from the last decade or so of the nineteenth century onwards. The engines of eight different companies, absorbed by the GWR in 1922, are described and illustrated, and the way in which many were modernised and rebuilt at Swindon or Caerphilly Works in the 1920s. Charles Collett was, however, faced with a motive power crisis in the mining valleys at the Grouping, as many of the companies had economised on essential maintenance as the GW's take-over drew near, and he had to hurriedly design a standard 0-6-2T to complement and bolster their work as the powerful GW 2-8-0Ts were too heavy and wide for many of the Cardiff valleys. These engines, the 56XX & 66XX classes, became part of the South Wales scene between 1925 and 1964, mainly running the coal traffic between pits and docks, although they dominated Cardiff Valley passenger services until the influx of BR 3MT 2-6-2Ts and GW 41XX 2-6-2Ts in 1954/5. The book has nearly 40,000 words of text and around 300 black & white photographs.

Author : Colin Maggs
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 144561300X
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.00/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A History of the Great Western Railway written by Colin Maggs and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2013-09-15 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A narrative history of the most iconic railway company of the great age of steam.

Author : Ken Gibbs
Publisher : History Press
ISBN 13 : 9780750964197
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Carriage and Wagon Works of the GWR at Swindon written by Ken Gibbs and published by History Press. This book was released on 2016-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The GWR at Swindon is well known, as are its trained craftsmen, all over the world. It has been written about, filmed and lectured upon countless times, and many of its old steam locomotives saved from the scrap yards and lovingly rebuilt to run again on heritage lines. But across all of this activity a full half of the Works has been fleetingly "mentioned in passing" and even in the illustrations only occasionally represented. There is little written about the "other half" of the successful operation of a railway works system: the design, construction, and repair of the rolling stock, the carriages and wagons. Retired GWR railwayman Ken Gibbs seeks to redress the balance and reveal for the first time exactly "how they did it"--showcasing the history and work of the Carriage & Wagon Works at Swindon's GWR.

Author : Alan S. Peck
Publisher : Oxford Publishing
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 298 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Great Western at Swindon Works written by Alan S. Peck and published by Oxford Publishing. This book was released on 1983 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : John Christopher
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781445634814
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Cheltenham Flyer written by John Christopher and published by . This book was released on 2014-02-15 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For 'boys of all ages', a nostalgic volume which looks at the GWR's record-breaking Cheltenham Flyer and the daily nitty-gritty of operating the railway. Fully illustrated, presented in its entirety with an additional section to bring the topics up to date.

Author : Peter Timms
Publisher : Amberley Publishing Limited
ISBN 13 : 1445642670
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.73/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon Works 1930-1960 written by Peter Timms and published by Amberley Publishing Limited. This book was released on 2014-08-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From 1841, when the Great Western Railway began building its works at Swindon, to 1986, when the works were closed, Swindon was a railway town

Author : Rosa Matheson
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0750968869
Total Pages : 172 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Swindon Works written by Rosa Matheson and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The age of steam is past, the heyday of Swindon Works is long gone – but the legend lives on. What made the Great Western Railway’s Swindon Works iconic? Was it its worldwide reputation; perhaps its profound impact in shaping the new town of Swindon; or that it melded those who worked there into one big family? In a new and exciting format, this book, by popular railway historian Rosa Matheson, helps explain why the never-ending love story endures. With big facts and fascinating stories, it is a must read not only for ex-Works employees and their families, nor just for GWR fans and railway enthusiasts, but also for any newcomer seeking to find a good way into railway history.